Hello and how are you? Saturday the 13th of December sees the Mighty Cannon host a visit from the west midlanders Wolverhampton Wanderers. KO is at 21.00pm Central European time (8.00pm UK time). Expected weather is and temps are 8° (feels like 6°) with 1 % chance of rain.
As we head deeper into Yuletide, perhaps Abner Brown is still seeking out the box of delights, and we are told that the wolves are running… and at this moment, down into the Championship. Poor Wolves are struggling like perhaps no PL side before, with only two points from fifteen games and on a n,n,n nineteen game losing streak.
I’m sure Rob Edwards boys aren’t looking forward to a visit at our camp, especially after the glorious-goals victory in mid week over Club Brugge?
Although we all enjoyed the tonic of winning, our euro excursion was an interesting game to watch for the new combinations possibilities and risky eccentric substitutions and returns to the starting eleven. Some of which we may see again this Saturday?
Historical heads of Arsenal and Wolves smashed together has resulted in: P 126 Arsenal wins 66 draws 28.
Max Dowman, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Magalhaes, Cristhian Mosquera will sit this one out for the Gunners, and Trossard, Timber! Young Willie and Mr Rice may all miss out too depending on last minute assessments and Artetas sly and secretive selective gambits?
Bellegarde is a doubt for Wolves, as is Rodrigo Gomes (groin), Marshall Munetsi (calf) and Daniel Bentley (ankle). Fer Lopez looks like making a full come back and Joao Gomes is back from suspension. Kay Harker may well be on the subs bench.
Statto HQ gave PA a gift wrapped box for Christmas, and inside were the stats for the game: Arsenal have an 84.4% chance of winning and Wolves 4%. After this, a trip up to Merseyside and a visit to Everton and their shiny new stadium. So COYG!
Mills
The meltdown if we don’t trounce Wolves will be epic. Me? I’ll be happy with a comfortable win, 2 or 3 nil and let’s see how the other results go. Enough of the squad is playing for a starting spot to stop any sort of casualness creeping in. So there’s not a lot to say about this game as it “should be a regulation 3 home points.
Pedantic George.
Positively Arsenal 
I sometimes think what kind of impact social media and the digital age would have had on the George’ Graham era?
It had a major negative influence on Wengers era and he was our most successful.
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And to clarify the bottlers comment, that is aimed at Cesc and V Persie in particular and not Ramsey, Walcott, Giroud , Welbeck etc
I respect the players who stuck around and repayed Wenger and the Fans by ending the trophy drought and adding to our history.
The former pair talked a good game and left.
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It is a widely accepted theory that a good home crowd can add several points at the end of a is a season. When you consider Arsene was oone point away from fourth in his is secound to last season and a few in his last and that was on a purely toxic atmosphere, you can see how close he was to a complete sweep of CL finishes for the entirety of his Arsenal career lasting well over two decades at the club.
The media had a special hatred of Arsene because of being the first foreigner to win the league and then having the ordascity to go a whole season unbeaten.
Pigmol and the F.A. have always hated ARSENAL even in the GG days and that’s why we were deducted points and Paul Davis was given an eight game ban.
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safe standing to be installed in the Clock End Lower during the summer, possibly in the North Bank Lower too, but it will not increase capacity.
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